RCCF’s CIRCLe Fund (Chicks Impacting Rush County Life) was founded when six friends with a passion for their community put their heads, hearts and wallets together to create a meaningful  … Read more

In 1991 you might have been driving your Honda Accord to the mall to pick up a copy of Katharine Hepburns’s Me: Stories of My Life and then to catch  … Read more

In late 2018, Lilly Endowment Inc. offered its latest GIFT (Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow) incentive, and you rose to the occasion. Your donations of $250,000 to Community Grants funds  … Read more

In many ways RCCF board member, Keith Perin appears to be the quintessential English teacher. But in other ways, he’s really not.   Not surprisingly, he nearly wrote an essay  … Read more

The Rush County Community Foundation was selected to assist in the search for an “Amazing Teacher” in Rush County.   A new Indiana PBS series called Amazing Teachers is beginning  … Read more

In 1991, gas was $.79/gallon. Katharine Hepburn’s Me: Stories of My Life topped the best sellers and “Silence of Lambs” was big at the box office. Sales of salsa overtook ketchup  … Read more

Did you know that 90% of brain development happens in the first five years of life? This is the most important time for children in determining future success. It’s one  … Read more

When we asked Denise Hoeing, new RCCF Board Member, to share a little about her life, she began by telling us she was born at Rush Memorial Hospital. Not just  … Read more

Rush County Education Fund Recipient: $545   Your gifts to the Rush County Education Fund empowered RCHS students with knowledge to make good choices about relationships and sexual health. The  … Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter daily life for many Hoosiers, but a third round of stimulus payments, made possible by the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act, will help  … Read more